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This
circuit uses a flat piezoelectric wafer, glued inside a plastic box, as a finger tap
sensor. With each tap of a finger to the box holding the wafer, the circuit
turns on and off AC or DC power to an external device. The circuit is powered
by a 9v battery and drives a single coil 5v latching relay with a 10 Amp contact
rating. The relay can switch AC or DC power. In standby mode the circuit
draws a low 1ua. |
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A firm finger tap to the plastic box cover causes the piezoelectric
wafer to produce multiple voltage pulses. The pulses are fed to a low power
voltage comparator. The comparator converts the low voltage pulses into 9v
pulses. Those pulses are fed to the clock input of one half of a CD4013 dual D
flip/flop. One section is configured as a half second one shot. The
second half is wired as a standard flip flop. With this circuit, the flip/flop
changes state with each finger tap to the box, holding the circuit. The output
of the flip/flop is connected to a dual FET push-pull driver circuit, which feeds
power to a pair of capacitors. The capacitors are wired in series with
parallel diodes. This forms a 235uF non-polarized capacitor. With this
charge pump configuration, the power pulses from the FETs feed either a positive
pulse to the relay coil, to latch it, or a negative pulse to unlatch it. The
pulse lasts long enough to fully open or close the relay contacts. |
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